Market abuse

Finansinspektionen (FI) monitors that the market complies with the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR).

According to MAR, exchanges, trading venues and persons professionally executing transactions are obligated to report to FI any observed trade orders or transactions that can be assumed to be related to insider trading, market manipulation or unlawful disclosure of insider information, or attempts at such. These market participants are also responsible for reporting suspicious trade orders and transactions to FI.

See the aggregate statistics below. Updated most recently on 2 January 2024 (statistics through December 2023).

Notifications to FI regarding suspected market abuse

(number during the year)

Type 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Suspected insider crime 331 357 347 367 410 420
Suspected improper market influence 403 248 278 182 146 149
Suspected insider crime and improper market influence 2 1 0 0 0 0
Suspected unlawful
disclosure of insider information
1 2 1 0 1 0

 

If FI makes the assessment that an infringement has occurred, FI may intervene, for example, by issuing an administrative fine. If FI makes the assessment that a crime has occurred, FI will turn over the matter to the prosecutors at the Swedish Economic Crime Authority. FI may also, on its own initiative start investigations into trading on the securities market.

Confidentiality

All preliminary investigations in criminal cases are subject to confidentiality in order to avoid compromising the investigation, for example by someone trying to hide or destroy evidence. Provisions regarding confidentiality of preliminary investigations into criminal cases are set out in Chapter 18 of the Public Access to Information and Secrecy Act.


Last reviewed: 2024-01-02